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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Effect of C. turgida extracts on thiopental-Na induced sleeping time on mice

From: Neuropharmacological potential of Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) leaf and root in mice

Group

Dose (mg/kg)

Latent period (mins)

Duration of sleep (mins)

% Effect

Control

10 ml/kg

19.2 ± 3.44

44.11 ± 2.13

0

Standard

1

3.8 ± 0.66

143.4 ± 13.19*

325.1

Leave extract

100

8.6 ± 0.93

57.8 ± 2.13

131.04

Leave extract

200

6 ± 0.71

69.1 ± 5.39*

156.65

Root extract

100

13.2 ± 2.69

58.4 ± 3.87

132.4

Root extract

200

6 ± 2.07

87.21 ± 7.40*

197.71

  1. Values are presented as Mean ± SEM (n = 5), *P < 0.05, which is significant compared with the control group (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s test)